Many recipes start with preheating a pan but the method for cooking bacon is a different. It's recommended to start with a cold pan, which gives the bacon fat time to render (release), according to ...
Baking bacon on a foil-lined sheet pan at 400°F for about 22 minutes yields evenly crisp, flat strips and lets you cook up to 10 slices at once — the test kitchen’s clear winner. For smaller batches, ...